The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-07-01
Letter from Rev. Sutherland.

A friend having written to Rev.
Sutherland in regard TO the riot
received the following in reply:
Your kind note received, and ex-
pressions Of sympathy apprecia-
ted but / wish to say this: My
insignificant person is always
ready 10 be a a mark for the indig-
mites Of the vicious whom a cause
- holy is thus helped ON TO victo-
~, as In this instance. Let no
man be deceived, the spirit and
work Of that mob are the true ex-
pressions Of the whisky power
This power is SO deep rooted i 80
Eide spread, and Is 50 rapidly
growing that the probibitionists
are none to soon in their attack
upon it and determination TO put
it down and blot it out We are
10 go into this campaign with as
much determination as did possess
the heroes Of the Alamo. We
must overthrow the whisky and
beer powers or it viii overthrow
our liberties. There is no other
alternative. If this evil is permit
ted TO exist and grow till the close
Of the 18th century our country
viii have passed under its control
inevitably. Whether a man does
OF does not take into considera-
ton this as a moral or religious
question, he should do so as a
lover Of his land and its dear
bought liberties. 1t behooves pa
triois, as well as Christians, to no
longer be neutral on the question,
OF opposed TO Prohibition. Let
those who are on the fence be as
one Of the witnesses who testified
IN the United States Commission
ers Court to-day. He was asked
by sarcastic Epson where he
stood He replied, before the
rot Il was on the fence, since then
] an a prohibitionist That night
/ was changed" "A sudden con-
version" tainted Epson yes SIR
said the witness. Or If they be
not on the fence, but down on the
ground on the wrong side of the
lquesti0n, let them be as one of the
leading bankers of San Antonio
who said 10 this writer. you
have one more vote for prohibition.
1 was opposed TO you till l read of
that assault on free speech, but
viii never vote with but always
against the opposers of free
speech" Now much Of this kind
Of work was done on the night of
the eth instant in San Antonio
Nor is the end yet. The good work
Is going on, and we believe IT viii
/ 60 on until a majority Of the free
and resolute citizens Of the great
commonwealth Of Texas shall say
Away with whisky Away with
this breeder Of every crime in the
dark catalogue of sinsl Away
with this dragon whose insatiate
nav Is ever filed with the fairest
Of our daughters and the strongest
Of our young men! Down VIII
that giant monster who with
4 reason dethroned and conscience
dead is filing our land with the
slain. cur homes with woe, and the
very cradle Of childhood with rags
and degradation. Let every lover
Of morality cast one solid vote ''for
prohibition" on that day. Let
every one who appreciates a sound
mind and high mental endowment
c1st one solid vote "for prohibit
ton Let all who admire physi-
cal beauty and strength continue
10 make August 4th, 1887, IN Texas
the beginning Of new era-one
( Of deliTersnee from the rum power
Why all this2 Because whisky
deprayes morals, deranges intel
lect, and destroys the body. He
Is a benefaetor Of his race that OPP
poses il on every inch OF the
ground He viii be enrolled
among the heroes by posterity
Eho aids In its overthrow. Ameri-
cas- throne is the ballot box. Ameri-
cas- sovereign is the honest eiti-
zen; his vote is his seepter. Let
the 4th day Of Augustl6S7 witness
the stretching forth Of that scep-
ter 10 the utter destruction of the
whisky power.
A II. SUTHERLAND.